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CLIP. APPLICATION FIL'ED IAN. 15|' 19?'5.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

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A///ll/ /rm /NVE/vo Walter Rodeck Arion/VHS appncanon inea January ia,1915. serial ne. 2,690.

i WALTER nonncnor NEW nunnaia, NEW JERSEY.

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To 4all whom t may concern Be it known that I, W'ALTER Rennen, a.

citizen of the United States, and a.- resident 'of overalls,

Another object of the invention is to perinit the use of the clip inconjunction with f In order to accomplish the desired the rule asascratch gage.

result, use is inade of a casing for the passage of a two-foot rule orsimilar instrument, the casing having-a flaring mouth for' theconvenient entrance of the rule, a side of the Haring mouth serving asan abutment when using :the casing with the rule therein as a scratchgage, the casing having spring tongues at the sides adapted to bearagainst the sides of the rule and the front ofthe casing having a springarm adapted to bear against the outside of the pocket to which the clipis applied.

A practical embodiment of the invention is reprewnted in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, in

which similar` characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a fri Lit elevation of the clip; Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof the same as applied to an ordinary two-foot folding rule;

`ig. 3 is a' cross section of the clip on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; Fig.l'is a sectional plan view of the clip as applied to a. rule, thesection being on the line Aif---i of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is aredueedit'rontelevation of' the clip as applied to a pocket for holdinga rule;and Fig. 6 is anv edge view of the clipas applied to' a rule and showingthe same in position for use as a scratch gage, the two being shown insection.

A casingA of approximately rectangular shape and open at the back -is)rovided with a flaring mouth B for the convenient insertion of anordinary-two-ootcarpenters rule C or a similar instrument to be held inpo- One of the sides of thex sition by the clip. n mouthlB forms anabutment when using the Specification of Letters Patent.

to provide Patented Sept., 7,1915.

scratch gage (see Fig. 6), the side ofthe i mouth then abutting againstthe edge of the work D with the .point of, a pencil E restf a mark onthe Aface of the workv D, as will be readily understood by reference toFig. 6.

The front of the casing A is provided with a depending arm F and aspring' isv struck up from the front of the casing A and the said arm F,and thefree end of the tongue G is provided with an inwardly extendingknob G adapted to bear lightly on the face of the rule C when using ,thelatter in conjunction with the clip as a scratch gage (see Fig. 6). Thesides of the casing A are provided with depending arms H and springtongues l are struck up from the sides of the Casing A and the arms H,andA the said spring' tongues I are curved inwardly near their'free endsso as to'bear against the sides of rule C to securely hold the latter inposi tion in the casing A. When it is desired to use the clip forholding the rule C in the ing on tlieinner end of the rule C, tomake:

pocket .l of an overall, coat, vest or other similar garment K, then thecasing A is passed into the pocket lwith the tongue G on .the outside ofthe pocket so that the knob G bears on the outer surface of the pocketto securely hold the clip in position in the pocket. lt will be noticedthat the base of the spring tongue G is close to the mouth B of thecasing A so that when the clip is -in position in the pocket only themouth B projects-on the top of the pocket, so that the user can readilysee the mouth when placing the rule C in position in the casing. Thenthe rule C is in position in the clip at the time the latter is attachedto the pocket J then the spring tongues l bear with suiii- 'cient forceagainst the sides of the rule C to prevent the latter from beingdisplaced on the user bending over or otherwise moving the body. Thecasing A is preferably open at the back, as plainly indicatedin Figs.V2, 3 and 4, so that the casing is not liable to bind hard on the rule Cto allow convenient insertion and removal 'of the rule and withoutdanger of unduly scratching the graduated aces of the rule.

The clip is if'erylsiniple and durable in construction and`can bereadily applied to a pocket for fglding a rule, or it can be used inconjunctibnliwith the rule to forni a scratch gage, as above describedand shown in Eig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A clip for holding an ordinary rule or like instrument, comprising acasing open at the back and provided With a laringmouth for the readyintroduction oan instrument, the casing having depending front and sidearms, a front spring tongue struck up from the front of the casing andits front arm, and having its terminal extending inward beyond the innerface of the front, and side a spring tongues struck up from the sides ofthe casing and the side arms, the said side spring tongues being curvedinward near their terminals.

'2. A clip for holding an ordinary rule or like instrument, comprising acasing having a Haring mouth for the convenient insertion of the rule inthe casing, side spring tongues on the sides of the casing and adapt-edto bear against the sides of the rule, and a front.

said spring tongue being adjacent the x'said flaring mouth to hold thelatter above the top of the pocket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

g lVALT-ER RODECK. Witnesses: n

l CRISTINE B. NOLAN, AL/r/:R'/ ENSMINGIN.

